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**New** Barnes LRX 208 gr in 30 caliber
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Turnips" data-source="post: 2515460" data-attributes="member: 116408"><p>I typed a message but wasn't signed in so here it is again. (paraphrasing myself)</p><p>If one deducts the length of the plastic tip, the bullet is then 1.51 inches long. Using the Greenhill method for .30 caliber, the required twist is then 1/9.42</p><p>This may be a long shot pardon the pun but in the past I was successful in shooting very accurately at all ranges a .308 rifle with a 1/12 twist using a Sierra 190 grains HPBT. Sierra's customer service explained to me that that particular bullet had a small bearing surface which allowed proper stabilization in a slow twist.</p><p>If we look at the Barnes LRX discussed in this blog, it is quite long with the tip, without it, it isn't that long and the boatail is pronounced, the bullet also has a long non bearing ogive. All this in my view may allow this bullet to be stabilized in slower twists than 1in8.5 although I recognize that manufacturers like Barnes know their product far better than the consumer, I feel it's worth experimenting. I'll do this in the next couple of months and report here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Turnips, post: 2515460, member: 116408"] I typed a message but wasn't signed in so here it is again. (paraphrasing myself) If one deducts the length of the plastic tip, the bullet is then 1.51 inches long. Using the Greenhill method for .30 caliber, the required twist is then 1/9.42 This may be a long shot pardon the pun but in the past I was successful in shooting very accurately at all ranges a .308 rifle with a 1/12 twist using a Sierra 190 grains HPBT. Sierra's customer service explained to me that that particular bullet had a small bearing surface which allowed proper stabilization in a slow twist. If we look at the Barnes LRX discussed in this blog, it is quite long with the tip, without it, it isn't that long and the boatail is pronounced, the bullet also has a long non bearing ogive. All this in my view may allow this bullet to be stabilized in slower twists than 1in8.5 although I recognize that manufacturers like Barnes know their product far better than the consumer, I feel it's worth experimenting. I'll do this in the next couple of months and report here. [/QUOTE]
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